Shore v. Pa. Dep't of Corr.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT BRIAN SHORE, : No. 25 MAP 2017 : Appellant : Appeal from the Commonwealth Court : Order dated April 19, 2017, exited April : 20, 2017, at No. 94 MD 2017. v. : : : PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF : CORRECTIONS, : : Appellee : CONCURRING STATEMENT JUSTICE WECHT FILED: January 18, 2018 Dating back to the Magna Carta and its tenets of basic fairness is the maxim that the poor must have the ability to access the courts of justice.1 The authority of the judiciary to permit litigants to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) mitigates the formidable cost of…